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China Consumer Behavior Economics Trend Watching

China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Wealthy Chinese moving to the West

Growing numbers of rich Chinese are applying for permanent residency in Western countries under programmes that allow investors with a high net worth to “buy” citizenship […]

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Education in China: Doctoral programs seriously flawed

With a rapid increase in the number of Chinese graduates enrolling in PhD programs in the past decade, it seems the quality of education doctoral students in China receive is falling short […]

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Design Economics Trend Watching

Watch Ellen Dunham-Jones’ “Retrofitting suburbia” talk at TED

Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying malls rehabilitated, dead “big box” stores re-inhabited, parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands […]

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Watch David McCandless’ “The beauty of data visualization” talk at TED

David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut — and it may just change the way we see the world […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Watch Thomas Friedman’s “The World is Flat” talk at MIT Sloan School of Management

In “Globalization 3.0,” Friedman contends, people from far-flung places will become principal players in the marketplace […]

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China Design Economics Trend Watching

Media in China: opportunities in digital media

China’s fast developing digital media industry is lucrative, and the next big opportunity lies in assisting users to find digital content and make it more interactive […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Work safety in China: my spider sense is tingling!

Work safety in China: my spider sense is tingling!, originally uploaded by designative.

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Living in China: Internet users pick the Top 10 happiest cities in China

Which city do you think is the happiest in China? […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Education in China: First graders early adopters of e-book in Shanghai

In the e-book era, local students will soon be reading digital textbooks: the Shanghai Education Commission has set an ambitious plan to make all primary school grade one pupils use e-textbooks within five years […]

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China Economics Information Technology Innovation Readings Trend Watching

China, Technology & Innovation: New research projects keep Shanghai district in front with science

Scientific research projects on sodium sulfur batteries, electric cars and high power lasers have been kicked off in Shanghai’s Jiading District: regarded as a “Science and Technology Satellite City” in Shanghai, the district has become a cluster area for scientific research institutes […]